Author: Peter Carlisle

Thailand’s Transport Ministry plans to complete the bidding this year for the construction of four mega projects worth a combined THB128.2 billion ($4.17 billion), Transport Minister Sophon Zaram said Wednesday. Of the total, three are electric railway projects: the 13-kilometer so-called light green line; the 12-kilometer dark green line and 36-kilometer pink line; and the […]

The property market in Bangkok and its suburbs could fall by about 5 per cent this year due to a host of negative factors. These are: the end of propertytax incentives last year; higher interest rates; rising construction costs; and the Bank of Thailand’s policy to limit mortgages to 90 per cent of a condominium’s […]

The Hoontrakul family is returning to property development this year with the launch of a green community mall in Cha-am in Phetchaburi province in April. Anek Hoontrakul, president of St James Hotel Co, said the company would spend 450-500 million baht to develop the project on an 86-rai plot next to Dusit Resort and Polo […]

Largest IPP in Japan plans to bring clean technology to local coal-fired plants J-Power, Japan’s largest independent power producer (IPP), is eyeing Thailand as a centre for Asean investment because of the country’s potential growth in electricity demand, and hopes to supply advanced clean technology for use in Thai coal-fired power plants. The company is […]

In October 2010 CoGri Asia Ltd completed the first ever steel fibre only reinforced concrete (SFRC) slab on piles to be constructed inside China.  The project was built for a major UK retailer at their new distribution centre in Jiashan, Zhejiang province, China.  Face Consultants carried out the structural analysis and the design of pile […]

Japan’s Aichi Steel Corp. plans to construct a factory in Thailand as soon as 2012 as automakers boost procurement in the country. The company will initially invest 1-2 billion yen (US$12.1-24.3 million) to launch production of crankshafts, gears and other forged products there. At start-up, the plant will be able to turn out 10,000 tons […]

Construction machinery imported from China is not a threat as long as the product quality, after-sales service, sales network and spare parts availability are not on par with those of locally made products, says Pranitan Phornprapha, executive vice-president of Bangkok Komatsu Sales Co (BKS). The threat of the Chinese-made products is looming on the horizon […]

Two Chaiyaphum sites to generate 100 MW SET-listed Glow Energy Plc, a unit of France-based GDF Suez, is ready to spend US$300 million to develop two wind turbine projects in Chaiyaphum generating a combined 100 megawatts. The independent power producer (IPP) has been securing hundreds of rai in the northeastern province while it is in […]